Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Promise Boys by Nick Brooks

35 reviews

savreads28's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful mysterious sad tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

pucksandpaperbacks's review

Phoenomonal story. Phoneomal audiobook. No notes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

zombiezami's review against another edition

4.0

This was a fantastic social thriller. It was heart-wrenching to read about how this fictional school abused students, knowing that in real life, so many adults think you can brutalize children into being successful adults. 

There were a few plot threads that felt like they weren’t explored as much as they could have been. The ending also felt abrupt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Gangs, incarceration

redroseses's review

dark hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Racism, Violence, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

sby616's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racism, and Murder

smalika's review

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, and Abandonment

knockoffrainbow's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

patricktreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Promise Boys is Pretty Little Liars, but better. This story is a dark who done it set to very current issues and situations that many young people, especially people of color deal with on a daily basis. From racism to false allegations and even automatic wrong doing assumptions, it is all there. 

I give the story itself a full 5 out of 5, and the audio book I give a 10 out of 5. The production put into it was outstanding, and the full cast knocked it out of the park. 

The only part I didn't like was that I didn't know it was going to be a series. That cliffhanger!!! Oh my goodness! Read it. You won't be disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

bookcaptivated's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Blood, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

reaganisreading's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, and Pedophilia